Cutler v. Putnam Light & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, brought to and heard in damages by the Superior Court in Windham County, Boraback, J. ; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $5,000, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
In describing the negligent act of the defendant which caused the accident, the complaint avers that on the 6 th of July, 1906, the Consolidated Railway Company had constructed through Elm Street in the city of Putnam a street-railway, upon which it was operating cars by electricity conducted through a main feed wire which was supported by span wires extending from the feed wire to poles along the side of the street; that at and for a long time prior to the time of the accident the span wire, attached by an eye-bolt to the pole upon which the plaintiff’s intestate, Cutler, was working when…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Nelson v. Branford Lighting & Water Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1903
- McAdam v. Central Railway & Electric Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Judge v. Narragansett Electric Lighting Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1899
- Judge v. Narragansett Electric Lighting Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1901
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- Higgins v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1943
- Hassett v. PalmerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- Reboni v. Case Brothers, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
- Plourde v. Hartford Electric Light Co.Connecticut Superior Court · 1974
- Prudential Property Cas. v. Conn. Light, No. Cv96-0255016 (Jun. 27, 1997)Connecticut Superior Court · 1997